Henkel, Colorado

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It lies in ZIP code area 80817. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buttes quadrangle.

Henkel within El Paso County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1893 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1909 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1942 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000
1949 USGS Buttes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Fountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Buttes quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

46 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Henkel between 1993 and 2018, burning about 49,085 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	31
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Natural	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Debris and open burning	2
Smoking	2
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Hanover Fire Department	UNKNOWN
23 September 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	El Paso County	not named
6 August 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	El Paso County	not named
3 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Hanover Fire Department	UNKNOWN
27 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	El Paso County	not named
30 July 1995	Smoking	under an acre	El Paso County	not named
26 July 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	El Paso County	not named
16 July 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Hanover Fire Department	UNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Henkel: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wigwam	1.4 miles	30
Buttes	5.1 miles	30
Fountain	11.9 miles	32
Widefield	15.5 miles	32
Rock Creek Park	16.9 miles	34
Fort Carson	17.3 miles	34
Security	17.6 miles	32
Skinners	18.6 miles	32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193654. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.